2026-03-08T18:40:10-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 261257649 UMA INSTITUTE FOR TIBETAN STUDIES UMAI 4153518147 265 Rural Ave S Salem OR 97302 Elizabeth Napper Vice President 4153518147 2026-03-08 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X UMA-TIBET.ORG X X 4531 X 4521 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4531 0 0 0 13870 0 0 630 14500 -9969 105166 0 95197 105166 95197 0 0 0 0 105166 95197 0 0 105166 95197 Primary exempt purpose is 1) translation into English (and possibly other languages) of texts from Tibetan Buddhist traditions, 2) seminars, classes, and retreats on focal topics of Tibetan Buddhism and instruction in the literary and colloquial aspects of the Tibetan language, and 3) maintenance and development of multimedia archives as research and instructional resources accessible across the worldwide web. The UMA Institute of Tibetan Studies makes available in English on its website texts from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition that are key to understanding that rich philosophical tradition. Translations on the website are available for free download. UMA also develops, maintains, and makes available on its website multimedia archives for research and instruction. In 2025 UMA regularized the formatting of ISBN numbers of documents on the website and did final bibliographic work to bring some of Professor Jeffrey Hopkins' work to completion; it also began a project to make various of Professor Hopkins' unpublished works, currently available on the UMA Institute's website, available as bound volumes downloadable from Amazon. 0 14500 14500 Kevin Vose Board Chair 1 0 0 0 Elizabeth Napper Vice President 7 0 0 0 Jules B Levinson Secretary 1.5 0 0 0 Jongbok Yi Treasurer 0.5 0 0 0 Paul Hackett Board Member 2 0 0 0 Joel McCleary Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Su-an Lin Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Boris Simoncic Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Patrick Lin Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Hong Ming Chen Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elizabeth Napper 265 Rural Ave S Salem OR 97302 4153518147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 51563 14504 128765 8012 4521 207365 51563 14504 128765 8012 4521 207365 149904 57461 5 4 2 11 10 32 207397 0 0.27706 0.24748 X The decline in public support that began in 2024 and has improved slightly in 2025, but remains under 33.33 percent, appears due to an overall drop in donations while continuing to report the amounts of excess donations from earlier years of the 5-year reporting period. In 2023 UMA Institute received a one-time gift from a donor of $109,000 who has since passed away. UMA continues to solicit support from the community of students and scholars of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who use its resources, offering a donation portal directly from their website. The website, uma-tibet.org, is accessible to the general public without any restrictions or fees and is used extensively. The website is the location of all the translation and video resources which are freely available. UMA's ten directors who serve on its board represent the broad interests of students and scholars of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Renew domain name and purchase new computer hard drive.